Specific regulations like HACCP establish detailed standards of cleanliness but leave the choice of cleaning tools for achieving them up to each company.
So, what kind of cleaning machine is recommended for washing kitchen floors and cleaning dining areas?
How do you keep a company canteen clean?
What recommendations can we offer for cleaning company canteens or school cafeterias effectively, and how does a scrubber-dryer help in these contexts?
The main factors to be taken into account when choosing a machine are the size of the areas concerned and their accessibility. You also need to consider the type of dirt present, which in these applications is generally organic with a high content of edible fats and oils.
Another important aspect is the frequency of cleaning – daily in almost all situations.
Based on these considerations, Eureka generally recommends a walk-behind, single-brush scrubber-dryer. This type of machine is compact, easy to use, and extremely easy to manoeuvre between the tables of a dining room and the equipment of a professional kitchen.
There are cases where a small two-brush machine may provide extra performance, and even where a compact ride-on machine could to be considered, but it is almost always preferable to choose a smaller model even though a wider cleaning path would mean greater hourly productivity.
A sudden accident, like a tray falling to the floor, may require a rapid intervention in a room full of diners. The chosen cleaning machine must therefore be quick to operate and leave the floor clean and completely dry in just one pass. It is therefore very important for the machine’s drying system to be up to the task.
To offer economic benefit, the scrubber-dryer must also be able to carry on working efficiently for years to come. For this reason it should also be resistant to the corrosive effects of the fats and oils frequently encountered in catering environments.
Eureka walk-behind scrubber-dryers all excel, thanks to their excellent cleaning performance and the effective drying of the OnePASS system. Some scrubber-dryer models are equipped with OLIRES blades that are specially made for cleaning oils and fats. There are also Chrome versions with AISI 304 stainless steel frames for maximum corrosion resistance.
These last versions, on which the frame and all exposed metal parts are made of stainless steel, are extremely durable machines and incredibly easy to sanitise.
Finally, Eureka machines all offer easy access to internal parts like pipes and tanks for quick inspection and thorough cleaning. Attention to the cleanliness of these parts is essential to prevent scrubber-dryers from facilitating the spread of germs and bacteria. Being able to clean the machine quickly and easily is therefore a great advantage.
